Juan Ramirez
Juan Ramirez is a senior professional at a major international bank, having previously worked at a big four accounting firm, advising on specific complex financial instruments and transactions, primarily related to (de)recognition, consolidation and hedging. He also advises banks on Basel III/IV and IFRS 9 issues, as well as being involved in all elements of capital ratios: reporting, measurement, stress testing, planning and optimization.
Juan is one of the best known professionals in hedge accounting and the link between IFRS 9 impairment model and capital. Previously, he was responsible for the marketing of strategic equity derivatives to corporate and banking clients at BNP Paribas in London.
With an MBA from University of Chicago, Juan moved to London to work at JP Morgan (Chase) and later Lehman Brothers, Barclays Capital and Banco Santander. He has devoted more than 20 years to marketing structured derivatives solutions, including commodity, credit, equity, fixed income and FX, and has witnessed at first hand the practical accounting issues related to these markets since the implementation of IFRS.
Juan is the author of “Accounting for Derivatives” and “Handbook of Corporate Derivatives and Equity Capital Markets” published by Wiley
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